Essay on Maus/Night/Oral History
• You will write a 3-5 paragraph essay on
Maus/Night/Oral History with a focus on the
following:
1. MLA format
2. In-text citations/Bibliography
3. Topic sentences/Supporting
sentences/Concluding sentences/Transitional
devices.
4. Thesis – What is the importance of oral history?
MLA Format
• In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your
name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date.
Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
• Double space again and center the title. Do not underline,
italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the
title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital
letters.
• Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other
works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in
"After Apple Picking"
• Double space between the title and the first line of the
text.
Topic Sentence
During the 1990s, I really enjoyed watching Friends on television every
Thursday night. I really wanted Rachel’s haircut—I think every girl
wanted Rachel’s haircut back then! Rachel’s haircut went really well
with the Guess Jeans that were so popular in the 1990s. I
remember all the advertisements for Guess and Calvin Klein Jeans
that were in each month’s Sassymagazine. I don’t
think Sassy magazine exists anymore, but it was one of the most
popular magazines for young women in the 1990s.
• Every paragraph should include a topic sentence that identifies the
main idea of the paragraph.
What do you think the topic sentence of this paragraph should be?
• Thinking about the 1990s brings back a lot of
memories for me about fashion and popular
culture. During the 1990s, I really enjoyed
watching Friends on television every Thursday night. I
really wanted Rachel’s haircut—I think every girl
wanted Rachel’s haircut back then! Rachel’s haircut
went really well with the Guess Jeans that were so
popular in the 1990s. I remember all the
advertisements for Guess and Calvin Klein Jeans that
were in each month’s Sassy magazine. I don’t
think Sassy magazine exists anymore, but it was one of
the most popular magazines for young women in the
1990s.
In-text citations
• In-text citations: Author-page style
• [example] In Night, Elie Wiesel, shows that
leaving the objects on the train showed they had
also left their “illusions” (Wiesel 3).
• In Maus, Vladek shows Artie how to be tough
with his friends when he says, “If you lock them
together in a room with no food…then you could
see what it is, friends” (Spiegelman 6).
Works Cited Page
• MLA Citation –
• Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium of Publication.
• Wiesel, Elie,Wiesel, Marion.Night. New York :
Hill And Wang, 2006. Print.
• Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. New
York: Pantheon Books, 1986. Print.
• Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 19 May 2014.
Comic book Presentations
• Your presentations will include a visual of
what you created [I have the pdf file].
• An example of how you used your oral history
interview in your comic book presentation.
• An explanation of why you personally found
the oral interview to important to preserve.
• Grades will be based on student feedback,
your comic book and overall presentation.